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Birds Nest in Porch Light Ignites Fire
(Friendship, IN) – No one was injured in a house fire on the 3800 block of East Olean Road in the Friendship area on Wednesday evening. Crews arriving on the scene around 8:13 p.m. found […]
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Malfunction Leads to All Sirens Wailing
(Decatur County, IN) – Many Decatur County residents were questioning why all of the county’s outdoor tornado sirens blared during early Thursday morning’s severe storms when their area was not under a tornado warning. County […]
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EF-2 Tornado Touchdown Confirmed
(Drewersburg, IN) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-2 tornado hit eastern Franklin County early Thursday morning. The twister was clocked at 125 mph and was on the ground for 5.2 miles. […]
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Police Blotter 6/18/26
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Sports Daily Digest June 19, 2026
Gene Cooney has stepped down as Batesville High School varsity softball coach. Cooney’s resignation was accepted at Wednesday’s Batesville school board meeting. The board also accepted Tyler Burcham’s previously announced resignation as varsity baseball coach. […]
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EIAC Names All-Conference Baseball Team
Twenty-two players have been named to the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) 2026 Baseball All-Conference Team. East Central and Greensburg shared the conference title. The Trojans and Pirates both finished 12-2 against EIAC opponents. All-Conference […]
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RCCF Welcomes New Grant Manager
(Ripley County, IN) – The Ripley County Community Foundation has added Brady Westerfeld to its team as the new Grants Manager. Westerfeld first joined the Community Foundation in the summer of 2024 as an intern. “Returning […]
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Students Attend First Responder Camp
(Greensburg, IN) — Nine students from Greensburg, North Decatur, and South Decatur high schools recently participated in the inaugural Future First Responder Camp, a three-day immersive experience designed to introduce local students to careers in […]
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Rosfeld Named ECHS Principal
(St. Leon, IN) – Jamie Rosfeld has been recommended to become the next principal at East Central High School, effective July 1, pending approval at the July 25 special Sunman-Dearborn School Board meeting. Rosfeld currently serves […]
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Duke Presents MOU to Commissioners
(Greensburg, IN) – Decatur County Commissioners heard this week from Tom DeBaun with Duke Energy, who presented a memorandum of understanding for the electric utility to use the county fairgrounds in the event of an […]
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Working on Lake McCoy Dam Concerns
(Greensburg, IN) – The Lake McCoy Conservancy, in coordination with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Division of Water and engineering consultants, is actively monitoring and addressing a structural concerns incident at the Lake […]
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Area Hit By Severe Storms
(Southeastern IN) – Rough weather overnight left behind damaged homes and flooded roads around Southeastern Indiana. Dearborn County Emergency Management is assessing damage and working to restore services after overnight severe weather resulted in at […]